David as Prince in the Millennial Kingdom

During Yeshua's millennial kingdom, He will sit on David's eternal throne for 1,000 years. At that time, David will be the prince to Yeshua. Ezekiel 34:23-24: "I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd, and I, the Lord, will be their God, and My servant David a prince among them. I, the Lord, have spoken."

This prophecy has not yet been fulfilled. Ezekiel wrote this 500 years after David. During the millennial reign, David will be the prince. Ezekiel uses the symbolism of a shepherd (humility) and then prince (exaltation). This confirms the double form of Tsade: humility and exaltation.

In Ezekiel 40-48, David's duties as prince will include eating from sacrificial meals before Yeshua in the temple, overseeing Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, and presenting offerings for atonement.

During the millennial kingdom, sacrificial offerings will not replace Yeshua's ultimate sacrifice. They will be done to confirm every word written in the Torah and the Prophets. Matthew 5:17-20: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled."

Yeshua will fulfill everything in the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. He did not fulfill all of it during His first coming; He will fulfill the rest at His second coming. This is why Christians struggle with these concepts. The Levites and Zadok will perform these offerings as homage to Yeshua, confirming He is the Jewish Messiah. It does not replace His sacrifice but confirms His fulfillment of the Torah.

Yeshua's first coming was as the suffering servant, the bent tzadik. His second coming will be as the exalted tzadik. He will fulfill the Torah, Prophets, and Psalms. After the millennial kingdom, when heaven and earth pass away, everything will be fulfilled.

The Levites and Zadok will perform these offerings in the millennial kingdom. They have no earthly inheritance; their portion is the Lord. In the holy district, Yeshua will be king, the Zadok will be with Him, and the Levites will be outside. They will perform these acts for Him, in honor of Him. The Gentiles will also come to do this for Him.

Ezekiel 45:16-17: "All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel. Then it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, at the feasts, the New Moons, the Sabbaths, and at all of the appointed seasons of the house of Israel. He shall prepare the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel." This is during the millennial kingdom, and they still perform these acts as proclaimed by Yahweh.

David's journey from humble beginnings to being the prince to Yeshua during the millennial kingdom is divine and sovereign. It exemplifies the transition from the first form of Tsade to the final form: being lifted up and exalted. By humbling ourselves before Elohim, He will lift us up in our own special place for His perfect will and purpose.